Welcome to the wonderful world of politics...the CA state legislators didn't bother to pass a 2010-2011 budget until October 8, 2010. Should all the school children miss the first 6-7 weeks of school because of internecine fighting?http://www.wclp.org/Resour
State law requires teachers be notified by March15th if they may be laid off, so they have time to look for work before the new school year. The governor presents his budget in January and the legislature hasn't bother to get around to their "mandated" deadline of June 30th 17 times in the past 25 years...http://www.nytimes.com/200
Beleaguered school districts actually present THREE proposed budgets (best, moderate, and worst cases) because nothing's written in stone until after the legislature passes the budget, maybe somewhere in the Fall or Winter...That is when the "real" budget gets okay'd...